The Daily Teaser …

Ye GODS!

It always surprises me what crops up on Yesterday, it really does.

At the moment … ?

They’re showing a documentary about 70s singers.

They’ve done Leo Sayer already.

Right now … ?

They’ve got a bit on David Soul, of all people … !

Dearie me … !

They’ve moved on to Barry White …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi and Kaiju going head-to-head: it saw Kaiju bagging 4 out of 5, and mentioning the Gerber Baby, with Debbi beating him to the post with 5 out of 5. And telling us her first book’s available in the UK.

Lets see how they — and you and hopefully @RockTique, who’s been promising to have a try for a while — do with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 24th February, 1711, saw the début of the first Italian opera written for a London stage: what was the name of the opera … ?

Q2) 24th February, 1981, saw Buckingham Palace announce the engagement of whom … ?

Q3) 24th February, 1836, saw Colonel William B. Travis issue an appeal for help, for besieged troops at the Alamo Mission: during a war between Texas … and where … ?

Q4) 24th February, 1950, saw the British Labour party win that years General Election: with how big a majority … ?

Q5) More to the point, who was named as Prime Minister … ?

Q6) And finally … 24th February, 1918, saw which country formally proclaim itself independent … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 23rd February, 632 Ad, saw the Prophet’s Last Sermon to the Muslim faithful: what’s the Arabic term for this sermon … ?

A1) Khutbatul Wada': خطبة الوداع in Arabic script …

Q2) 23rd February, 1947, saw the founding of the International Organization for Standardization: what’s the usual acronym for that body … ?

Q2) ISO.

Q3) 23rd February, 1981, saw the start of an attempted coup in Spain: triggered by an armed takeover attempt of which government building … ?

A3) The Cortes, or Parliament.

Q4) More to the point, who famously helped quash this attempt, with a overnight TV appeal … ?

A4) King Juan Carlos.

Q5) And finally … 23rd February, 1846, saw which theologian join the Roman Catholic Church … ?

A5) Cardinal John Henry Newman.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !